07 March 1972 Drama, Crime, TV Movie 73 mins
Three new officers in a large metropolitan police department adjust to their new jobs and way of life. This is another TV-pilot that was first aired as an ABC Movie of the Week before becoming a TV-series.
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Darren McGavin as Sgt. Eddie Ryker
Cameron Mitchell as Sniper
Robert F. Lyons as Jared Whitman
Paul Burke as Neil Montgomery
Georg Stanford Brown as Terry Webster
Sam Melville as Mike Danko
Michael Ontkean as Willie Gillis
Jeff Pomerantz as Kevin Lassiter
Jennifer Billingsley as Jill Danko
Davey Davison as Molly Lassiter
Logan Ramsey as Toby Loomis
Robert J. Wilke as Officer Shaw
Monika Svensson as Birgitta Whitman
Arch Johnson as Ranch Instructor
Rita Lakin Story
Jud Taylor Director
William Blinn Writer
Elmer Bernstein Music
Art Seid Editor
Paul Sylos Art Direction
Pat Whiffing Hairstylist
Bert Remsen Casting
Robert Harris Sr. Costume Design
Thelma Strahm Costume Design
Aaron Spelling Producer
Ken Swartz Set Decoration
Ted Coodley Makeup Artist
Archie R. Dalzell Director of Photography
United States 07 March 1972
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22 February 1972
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22 March 1972
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07 February 1972
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13 January 1972
A frustrated Frankfurt innkeeper is recruited as an agent for the "Gehlen Organization" and after a short training period, during which he is familiarized with sophisticated espionage methods, he takes his first steps as a spy.
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